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100			_aMensah, S.O., Akanpabadai, T.A.B. and Benamba, C. _943727
245			_aPrioritization of climate change adaptation strategies by smallholder farmers in semi-arid savannah agro-ecological zones: Insights from the Talensi district, Ghana
260			_aJournal of Social and Economic Development
300			_a25(1), Jun, 2023: p.232-258
520			_aSemiarid savannah agro-ecological zones are considered climate vulnerability hotspots. In Ghana, smallholder farmers in such agro-ecological zones are impacted by climate change due to their agro-based livelihoods, subsistence nature and extensive reliance on rain-fed agriculture. For such climate vulnerability hotspots, scholars and policymakers recommend varied strategies to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change. Yet, how smallholder farmers value and prioritize these varied strategies is limited. This paper combines an ethnographic method with pairwise ranking as a participatory technique to capture smallholder farmers’ prioritization of strategies to tackle climate change impacts in the Talensi district, a semiarid savannah agro-ecological zone in Ghana. Results showed that smallholder farmers prioritize and adapt on-farm and off-farm strategies to build their capacities against climate change impacts. However, some of the strategies prioritized by smallholder farmers such as illegal small-scale mining and burning and selling charcoal have maladaptive ramifications as they could exacerbate climate change impacts. The study calls for policy sensitivity to climate vulnerabilities of semiarid agro-ecological zones through the design and implementation of climate action plans that recognize smallholder farmers’ adaptation priorities, understand lived experiences, and integrate indigenous knowledge to tackle climate change impacts.- Reproduced
650			_aAdaptation strategies, Climate change, Pairwise ranking, Prioritization, Smallholder farmers. _940686
773			_aJournal of Social and Economic Development
906			_aCLIMATE CHANGE
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